Homeschooling Discussion & Experiences #1

[Phteven]

I certainly don't feel algebra helped me in any part of my life...... don't think I will even teach this TBH. What a waste of time..... if our kids want to be vets or doctors and need this later in life when they enter tertiary study (if they want) then they can look at studying it then no rush.

I use algebra regularly and DS1 is starting to do it in year 2. I'm pretty sure that tertiary is way too late to pick it up because they don't just have to pick up the basic algebra but the 10 years of maths built on top of that. DS1 loves maths and he is given advanced work to do - in just a couple of years his maths knowledge will have outstripped mine.

We send our children to a bi-lingual school. There is no way we could educate them in two languages with all the attendant benefits at home.

I know I can be their teacher because I can read & write and that's all you need to be a teacher of your children It's understanding the full commitment of it all etc that I need to look into it.... knowing that there is always school around the corner if the HS doesn't work out as planned.

I suspect that it is a little more complex than knowing how to read and write